DVARAKA Behold the Holy City Where Krishna Was Prince Mark Hawthorne The story of the tragic end of the fabulous city of Dvaraka has long been regarded as mere legend--that is, until an ambitious archeologist, Dr. S. R. Rao, began to investigate stone ruins sunk in the sea off the Kathiawar peninsula on India's western coast. The area lies, logically enough, adjacent to the modern city of Dwarka. Dr. Rao believes those sunken ruins to be Krishna's city, destroyed by a massive earthquake and tsunami. While such a catastrophic end might have seemed far-fetched a few years ago, the 2004 South Asian tsunami demonstrated to humanity once again the tremendous power of these cataclysmic natural events. Historically, decimation of coastal cities is more common than one might think. Less than 200 years ago, in 1819, in the same region of India, an earthquake sank the fort of Sindree and its surrounding village into the ocean. In November, 1775, in just ten minutes, a 9.0 quake destroyed the greater part of

Author: Remanuelli
Keywords: Dvaraka Giant Underwater City found India 
Added: Mon, 09 Nov 2009 20:09:40

Marine Archaeology of underwater sites (such as Dvaraka) Satellite imagery of the Indus-Sarasvata River system Carbon and Thermoluminiscence Dating of archaeological artifacts Scientific Verification of Scriptural statements Linguistic analysis of scripts found on archaeological artifacts A Study of cultural continuity in all these categories.

Author: Terratop
Keywords: Dvaraka Dwaraka India Underwater Sea City Ancient 
Added: Thu, 26 Jul 2007 15:53:15